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TSS.TV – S2E2: The Smart Car test ride

Thursday, November 1, 2007

This baby is hot off the press. Our video coverage of the Smart Car tour shot here in Austin. It was the FINAL day for the event and if you couldn’t make it to the show in a nearby city, this is about as good as it gets until your dealer gets them in in […]

Honda Puyo Concept – What Gummi Bears would drive if they had a license

Thursday, October 25, 2007

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Microcar fans might like this little concept from Honda it’s the Puyo. This car is built pedestrian friendly… it’s actually soft to the touch! One of the main things you’ll notice, besides looking like a cute, goofy, squarish marshmallow, is the fact that it has NO hard edges. So, GO AHEAD! Step out in front […]

Micros make a small splash at the 2007 Frankfurt Auto Show

Monday, September 17, 2007

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A cool little Gawker Media company called Jalopnik (which translates roughly into “car nerds”), dropped their coverage of the 2007 Frankfurt Auto Show. If you are a fan of scooters and microcars, you would have had very little to get excited about from a numbers standpoint. The closest thing to a scooter they had was […]

Hrm… the SUBmicro car? Because your Burgman is TOO DAMN BIG!

Thursday, September 6, 2007

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Our loyal and esteemed, on the scene journalist, Lawrence, was digging around the DarkRoastedBlend site and found this article called “Worlds Smallest Vehicles”, and VERY few (if any) are smaller than the PEEL 50! You could click on the title link to see more super-micros, but this PEEL is TEENY! (insert “they’d have to peel […]

ScootinOldSkool takes the SMART for a spin… comes back wanting more

Thursday, September 6, 2007

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(Orin patiently awaits his turn on the SMARTY-go-round) Digging myself from a pile-o-crap that has landed on me recently, I’ve finally had a chance to visit my fellow blogmates to see what’s new in the scootering world. Orin, the lucky SOB, had a chance to put the screws to a new SMART. I appreciate his […]

3-Wheeled microcar vs. the Roller Ninjas

Tuesday, August 7, 2007

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WOW! Let’s see… we’ve got a wild city Microcar chase… Um kay, add a generous portion of Japanese Roller Ninjas, uh huh… Cook at 350 until halfbaked. Voila! Se magnifique! I kinda feel like Alienhuman when he said: “Damn… I could swear I just saw a video of Japanese ninjas on rollerskates attacking a three […]